By Kieran on August 4, 2010
People who go on a diet do so for a few main reasons: to lose weight, to improve their overall well-being or both. Many people who diet for weight loss fail to lose weight or, if they do lose, fail to maintain the weight they lost. As any fitness expert will tell you, losing weight [...]
Posted in Strength Training | Tagged aerobic exercise, caloric intake, exercise routine, fad dieting, lean muscle mass, Strength Training, Weight Loss |
By Kieran on March 4, 2010
Most diet and weight loss programs have a depressingly high failure rate, with people either never reaching their weight goals or reaching them and regaining all the weight they lost (and sometimes more) in about one year. Getting the weight off fast is so desirable that many of us are willing to sacrifice health and [...]
Posted in Diet & Weight Loss | Tagged calories, ketosis, lose weight, low calorie diets, meal replacement drinks, vitamins minerals, Weight Loss, weight loss programs |
By Kieran on February 23, 2010
Strength training isn’t just for muscle men. It is the best way to help your body turn into a weight loss machine. That may not initially make much sense to you as muscle is very heavy (it is heavier than fat.) But each extra pound of muscle on your body will another 50 calories per [...]
Posted in Strength Training | Tagged calories, Strength Training, Weight Loss |
By Kieran on January 31, 2010
People searching for weight loss programs and diets today seem to be searching more for rapid weight loss than permanent, healthy weight loss. Unfortunately, it is a fact that quick diet weight loss programs are seldom without their dangers, and their results usually range from erratic to nonexistent. I would advise anyone seeking to lose [...]
Posted in Diet & Weight Loss | Tagged healthy weight loss, losing weight, quick weight loss, rapid weight loss, Weight Loss, weight loss goal, weight loss programs |
By Kieran on January 3, 2010
So you’re overweight, “fat”–to be honest–and you want to start exercising. Before you take off like an overlarge airplane and start preparing for the Olympics trials, stop right there. You may have it all figured out by now, after checking with your friends, the media and finally that fickle fiend known as the bathroom mirror, [...]
Posted in Exercise | Tagged aerobics, exercise, exercising, Strength Training, walking, Weight Loss |
By Kieran on July 18, 2009
The tangy citrus fruit not only prevents weight gain but also cuts the risk of diabetes and heart disease, two of the biggest problems associated with obesity say Canadian researchers. The study found that naringenin, an ingredient found in citrus fruits aids the liver to burn the extra fat rather than storing it. [adsense]The study [...]
Posted in Healthy Foods | Tagged Cholesterol, cholesterol levels, citrus fruits, diabetes and heart disease, metabolism, robarts research institute, triglyceride, Weight Loss |
By Kieran on July 9, 2009
So you think that weight lifting is not for you, especially now that you are trying to lose weight? That could be no farther from the truth. There has forever existed the unwarranted myth that women who weight train will get too bulky, masculine, and look unfeminine. The truth is that most women do not [...]
Posted in Strength Training | Tagged cardiovascular, exercise program, fitness program, lose weight, Strength Training, weight lifting, Weight Loss |
By Kieran on July 6, 2009
Atkins Diet fans, step aside. The new Eco-Atkins plan, named for its environmentally friendly vegetarian menu, is proving to be healthier. In only one month, volunteers following the plan reduced their cholesterol levels by 15 percent to 20 percent and dropped blood pressure 2 points. That’s a big, fast change. Most studies of diet and [...]
Posted in Diet Plans | Tagged atkins diet, atkins diet bean curd, cholesterol levels, diet and heart disease, high protein diets, ldl cholesterol, vegan diet, vegan meals, vegetarian diet, Weight Loss |
By Kieran on May 31, 2009
Here’s a sobering thought: beach weather is nearly here, and the diet you’ve been meaning to embark on since January remains in the planning phases. You really don’t want to expose those extra pounds to the world, but you do want to put on your swimsuit and feel OK about it. A crash diet seems [...]
Posted in Diet & Weight Loss | Tagged calorie intake, diet, lose weight, metabolism, nutrition, Weight Loss |
By Kieran on May 27, 2009
Your doctor tells you that your level of LDL—the “bad” type of cholesterol—is too high, and, in a double whammy, he says that your level of HDL—the “good” cholesterol—is too low. So, you wonder, is there anything you can do to decrease the bad while increasing the good? There are steps you can take to [...]
Posted in Cholesterol | Tagged blood glucose, Cholesterol, HDL, high cholesterol, LDL, lose weight, statins, Weight Loss |
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